The Lake Channel: Breakfast Recipes

Use pink or red grapefruits for a sweet Valentine’s Day breakfast treat. Preheat oven to 450°F. Use a grapefruit knife to loosen the grapefruit sections. Place on baking pan and brush on the melted butter over the cut sections. Drizzle the honey over the cut sections. Bake uncovered for about 15 minutes. Serve warm.

Orchard Lake Baked Pancake

1 egg

1/3 C flour

Pinch of cinnamon and nutmeg

2 drops of vanilla

½ C milk

This is a nice breakfast for two, or part of a breakfast for more people. Preheat oven to 375° F. Melt 2 Tbsp. butter in a cast iron skillet, or other ovenproof baking dish (corning, pyrex), until bubbly but not brown. Whisk the other ingredients together and pour into hot pan. Bake 8-10 minutes, until golden brown. Slide onto plate and fill with fruit or preserves, fold and sprinkle with confectioner’s sugar and serve. Submitted by Dawn Jeske, Orchard Lake Oregon.

Egg and Cheese Casserole

4 eggs, slightly beaten

2-1/2 cups milk

6 slices bread, crumbled

8 oz grated cheddar cheese

1 tbsp. dry mustard

Salt and pepper to taste

Combine ingredients in an 8” glass casserole dish. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Place casserole dish in a larger baking pan with ½” water, bake at 350° for 1 hour and 15 minutes. There are many good variations on this basic dish, depending on your mood. You can spice it up with salsa and cooked crumbled sausage, or just throw in some cooked bacon. Or sauté some mushrooms and onions and add them to the mix if you have time. Serves 4-6. Because you put this together the night before, it is a nice, no sweat breakfast that you and your guests can enjoy while relaxing and perhaps taking in the view.

Boursin Omelet

8 eggs

2 tbsp. water

Salt & pepper to taste

1 tbsp. Olive Oil (not virgin, light will do)

1 tbsp. Butter

3 oz. boursin cheese

1 tbsp. chopped scallions

Whisk the eggs, water, salt and pepper in a bowl. Heat the oil in a round, medium-sized frying pan on medium heat and add the egg mixture, then turn up the heat to medium high. When omelet is set, crumble the cheese on top. Then fold the omelet over and remove from pan to serving dish. Sprinkle with scallions. Serve with toasted bagels and the rest of the boursin.

Spicy Hash Brown Quiche

4 cups leftover baked potatoes or frozen hash brown potatoes, thawed

1-1/2 tsp. seasoning salt

1-1/2 cups (6oz) shredded monterey jack hot pepper cheese 1 1/2 cups cooked, crumbled sausage (or use diced, cooked ham)

1-1/2 cups (6oz) shredded Swiss cheese

2/3 cups half and half cream

3 eggs

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Grease 10-inch pie plate. Press hash browns onto bottom and up sides of pie plate. (This is the crust.) Sprinkle with salt. Bake 20 to 25 minutes, until crisp on edges. Remove from oven, reduce temperature to 350 degrees. Sprinkle pepper cheese in crust. Top with about 1 cup sausage. Sprinkle Swiss cheese over sausage layer. Briskly whisk Half and Half with eggs. Pour over other ingredients. Scatter remaining sausage on top. Bake 25 to 30 minutes, until knife inserted near center comes out clean. Let stand 10 minutes before serving. Serve with salsa on the side. Makes 6 servings.

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